Steves, B.A.; Maciejewski, A.J.; Hendry, M. (Eds.)
Chaotic Worlds:
from Order to Disorder in Gravitational N-Body Dynamical Systems
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Chaotic
Worlds: from Order to Disorder in Gravitational N-Body Dynamical
Systems, held in Cortina, Italy, 8-20 September 2003
Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and
Chemistry, Vol. 227
2006, Approx. 350 p.,
Hardcover / ISBN: 1-4020-4704-5
Softcover / ISBN: 1-4020-4705-3
Due: May 2006
About this book
The gravitational N-body problem dominates much of theoretical
astrophysics. It arises in problems ranging from the motion of
artificial and natural satellites to the behaviour of stars in
star clusters and galaxies. In the past, research in Celestial
Mechanics has focused on analytical and numerical studies of
ordered systems, with chaotic behaviour or disorder being the
fascinating anomaly. Recently, however, scientists have begun to
forge the link between order and disorder: designing new methods
to recognise chaosf signature and developing new theories on
the sources of chaotic behaviour. They are applying these
techniques successfully to solve real-world problems in solar
system dynamics, galactic dynamics and other areas of physics
such as particle acceleration.
Based on the recent NATO Advanced Study Institute "Chaotic
Worlds: From Order to Disorder in Gravitational N-Body Dynamical
Systems", this state of the art textbook, written by
internationally renowned experts, provides an invaluable
reference volume for all students and researchers in
gravitational n-body systems. The contributions are especially
designed to give a systematic development from the fundamental
mathematics which underpin modern studies of ordered and chaotic
behaviour in n-body dynamics to their application to real motion
in planetary systems. This volume presents an up-to-date synoptic
view of the subject.
Glatz, Andreas; Kozub, Veniamin I.; Vinokur, Valerii M. (Eds.)
Theory of Quantum Transport in Metallic and Hybrid
Nanostructures
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Theory
of Quantum Transport in Metallic and Hybrid Nanostructures, St.
Petersburg, Russia, 25-29 August 2003
Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and
Chemistry, Vol. 230
2006, Approx. 335 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 1-4020-4777-0
Due: May 2006
About this book
There is a major development emerging at the intersection of
modern physics, computer science, and materials science, which
struggles to squeeze more devices into a restricted volume and
constitutes a central focus of modern nanotechnology. Utilizing
the metal-based hybrid nanostructures may offer significant
advantages over those exploiting purely semiconductor materials.
First, the chemistry of metals is typically simpler than that of
semiconductors. Second, the electric properties of metals are
much less sensitive to the structural defects and impurities than
those of semiconductors. Next, metallic devices allow better
electric and thermal contacts. And, last but by no means least,
the high electron velocity in metals promises to accelerate
enormously operation rates with respect to those in semiconductor-based
devices.
The book reflects scientific developments in the physics of
metallic compounds based nanodevices presented at the NATO-sponsored
Workshop on nanophysics held in St. Petersburg, Russia in summer
of 2003. The program intended to attack the most appealing
problems by bringing together the best specialists in the field
and to give an opportunity for young researchers from the partner
countries to interact with the world's leading scientists and get
actively involved in the most appealing and promising
interdisciplinary area of contemporary condensed matter physics.
Contents
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Ballester-Bolinches, Adolfo, Ezquerro, Luis M.
Classes of finite groups
Series: Mathematics and Its Applications, Vol. 584
2006, Approx. 395 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 1-4020-4718-5
Due: May 25, 2006
About this book
Many group theorists all over the world have been trying in the
last twenty-five years to extend and adapt the magnificent
methods of the Theory of Finite Soluble Groups to the more
ambitious universe of all finite groups. This is a natural
progression after the classification of finite simple groups but
the achievements in this area are scattered in various papers.
Our objectives in this book were to gather, order and examine all
this material, including the latest advances made, give a new
approach to some classic topics, shed light on some fundamental
facts that still remain unpublished and present some new subjects
of research in the theory of classes of finite, not necessarily
solvable, groups.
Table of contents
Preface.- 1 Maximal subgroups and chief factors.- 2 Classes of
groups and their properties.- 3 X-local formations.- 4
Normalisers and prefrattini subgroups.- 5 Subgroups of soluble
type.- 6 F-subnormality.- 7 Fitting classes and injectors.-
References. List of symbols. Index of authors.- Index.
Le, Nhu D., Zidek, James V.
Statistical Analysis of Environmental Space-Time Processes
Series: Springer Series in Statistics
2006, Approx. 350 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 0-387-26209-1
Due: June 2006
About this book
This book provides a broad introduction to the fascinating
subject of environmental space-time processes; addressing the
role of uncertainty. Within that context, it covers a spectrum of
technical matters from measurement to environmental epidemiology
to risk assessment. It showcases non-stationary vector-valued
processes, while treating stationarity as a special case. The
contents reflect the authorsf cumulative knowledge gained over
many years of consulting and research collaboration. In
particular, with members of their research group, they developed
within a hierarchical Bayesian framework, the new statistical
approaches presented in the book for analyzing, modeling, and
monitoring environmental spatio-temporal processes. Furthermore
they indicate new directions for development.
This book contains technical and non-technical material and it is
written for statistical scientists as well as consultants,
subject area researchers and students in related fields. Novel
chapters present the authorsf hierarchical Bayesian approaches
to:
Table of contents
First encounters.- Case study.- Uncertainty.- Measurement.-
Modelling.- Covariances.- Classical approaches.- Bayesian kriging.-
Hierarchical methods.- Multivariate modelling.- Network design.-
Extremes.- Risk assessment.- R tutorial.
Rychlik, Igor, Ryden, Jesper
Probability and Risk Analysis
An Introduction for Engineers
2006, Approx. 250 p. 46 illus., Hardcover
ISBN: 3-540-24223-6
Due: June 7, 2006
About this textbook
This text presents notions and ideas at the foundations of a
statistical treatment of risks. Such knowledge facilitates the
understanding of the influence of random phenomena and gives a
deeper understanding of the possibilities offered by and
algorithms found in certain software packages. Since Bayesian
methods are frequently used in this field, a reasonable
proportion of the presentation is devoted to such techniques. The
text is written with a student in mind who has studied elementary
undergraduate courses in engineering mathematics, maybe including
a minor course in statistics. Despite employment of the style of
presentation traditionally found in the mathematics literature (including
descriptions like definitions, examples, etc.). Probability and
Risk Analysis emphasizes an understanding of the theory and
methods presented; hence, comments are given verbally and a
reasoning is frequent. With respect to the contents (and its
presentation), the ambition has not been to write just another
new textbook on elementary probability and statistics. There are
lots of such books, but instead the focus is on applications
within the field of risk and safety analysis
Table of contents
Basic Probability.- Subjective Probabilities versus Long-term Frequencies.- Random Variables.- Fitting Distributions to Data?Frequentist Approach.- Dependent Random Variables-Conditional Probabilities.- Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis.- Intensities and the Poisson Process.- Failure Probabilities and Safety Indexes.- Characteristics Strength, Design Loads.- Extremes.